Bleheratherina pierucciae: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Atheriniformes
Family
Atherinidae
Genus
Bleheratherina
Species
Bleheratherina pierucciae
Scientific Name
Bleheratherina pierucciae

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Bleheratherina pierucciae

Bleheratherina pierucciae is a species of freshwater silverside endemic to New Caledonia. This species grows to 4.7 cm (1.9 in) in standard length. It is the only known species in its genus and subfamily. This species was described by Aarn and Walter Ivantsoff in 2009 with the type locality of the Tontouta River, New Caledonia,. The type was collected by Heiko Bleher and Paola Pierucci and Aarn and Ivantsoff named this species after both of them, the suffix -ae indicating Ms Pierucci's gender.

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Bleheratherina pierucciae
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Bleheratherina pierucciae
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